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Rotimi
Rotimi

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QuickPublisher - Easily create and monetize your blog without ads

Hi everyone.

I have been working on new blogging platform called QuickPublisher. Its main purpose is to provide users with a simple interface to easily create and monetize their blog.

Before starting my platform I tried using other platform in the hopes of saving myself the time of creating a platform. Unfortunately I found these platforms to be more or less the same. I couldn't seem to find a platform with a simple yet powerful interface where I could design my articles in a custom way, whilst monetizing my blog without the use of ads.

As you can see, I was a bit picky with my requirements. But I believed that it could be easily achieved.

All these inspired me to tackle the challenge of developing a blogging platform to provide such features.

I developed QuickPublisher using a combination of the following: PHP, C, HTML, CSS, Javscript (Jquery), MSSQL and a bit of Python.

I also used a different architecture as the traditional MVC style couldn't meet my needs. I call it Rerouter - Application Engine - Model - Render(view) - Rerouter. I'll create a separate post to dive further into this architecture.

My main challenge was providing a standard monetization module without the use of ads. There two things I despise. Ads and windows OS.

I ended up collaborating with Microscriptions.Inc(A monetization startup). I then integrated it with my platform to provide my users with ability to to do what they love while making some money too.

Today, I have 320 users and 265-daily active users. While this started as a side-project, I'm slowly taking it full-time due to the amount of feedback received.

The website link is https://www.quickpublisher.online

I also published QuickPublisher on ProductHunt via https://www.producthunt.com/posts/quickpublisher-2

I am also a member of indie-hackers via https://www.indiehackers.com/product/quickpublisher

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Francisco Quintero 🇨🇴

Great job, Rotimi. Looks great. Eager to read about the architecture you implemented.

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Rotimi

Hi Francisco. Thank you. I'm working on the V1.1 of QuickPublisher this week. Therefore I'll only be able to write a detailed post about my custom architecture next week